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The 20th Annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
May 3 – 7, 2017

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New Releases Cine Las Americas presents a selection of sixteen narrative and documentary features by the finest emerging and established filmmakers to audiences in Central Texas. This year’s selections represent seventeen countries’ participation in production and co-production of the films, and highlight a diversity of themes, genres and styles characteristic of contemporary national and international cinema trends.
Original Title	English Title	Director	Country	Runtime
A Cidade onde Envelheço	Where I Grow Old	Marília Rocha	Brazil/ Portugal	100 min
Alba	Alba	Ana Cristina Barragán	Ecuador/ Greece/ Mexico	96 min
De chica en chica	Girl Gets Girl	Sonia Sebastián	Spain	87 min
Dolores	Dolores	Peter Bratt	USA	98 min
El ciudadano ilustre	The Distinguished Citizen	Andrés Duprat	Argentina/ Spain	118 min
La habitación	Tales of Mexico	Carlos Carrera, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Carlos Bolado, Ernesto Contreras, Alfonso Pineda Ulloa, Alejandro Valle, Iván Ávila Dueñas, Natalia Beristáin	Mexico/ Poland	118 min
La peor de mis bodas	My Soap Opera Wedding	Adolfo Aguilar	Peru	95 min
La reina de los jueves	Queen of Thursdays	Orlando Rojas	USA/ Cuba	79 min
La Soledad	La Soledad	Jorge Thielen Armand	Venezuela	89 min
La tierra y la sombra	Land and Shade	César Augusto Acevedo	Colombia/ France/ Netherlands/ Chile/ Brazil	97 min
Mala junta	Bad Influence	Claudia Huaiquimilla	Chile	89 min
Maliglutit	Searchers	Zacharias Kunuk	Canada	94 min
Me estás matando Susana	You’re Killing Me Susana	Roberto Sneider	Mexico/ Canada	100 min
O Ornitólogo	The Ornithologist	João Pedro Rodrigues	Portugal/ France/ Brazil	117 min
Sueño en otro idioma	I Dream in Another Language	Ernesto Contreras	Mexico/ Netherlands	103 min
X500	X500	Juan Andrés Arango Garcia	Canada/ Colombia/ Mexico	104 min
Narrative Feature Competition Cine Las Americas presents a selection of five films from emerging and promising talent, including selections from all over the Americas in a variety of genres and forms. The works screened in this category are eligible for both a jury award and an audience award for Best Narrative Feature.
Original Title	English Title	Director	Country	Runtime
El sonido de las cosas	The Sound of Things	Ariel Escalante	Costa Rica	78 min
El sueño del Mara’akame	Mara’akame’s Dream	Federico Cecchetti	Mexico	90 min
El techo	On the Roof	Patricia Ramos	Cuba/ Nicaragua	75 min
Road of Iniquity	Road of Iniquity	Mark Ennis	Canada	98 min
Tierra Yerma	Wastelands	Miriam Heard	Chile/ UK/ France	93 min
Documentary Features Competition Cine Las Americas presents a selection of five documentaries on a wide variety of topics, representing diversity in audio design, narrative style, and formal technique, with the common thread of including themes and points of view that are often underrepresented in popular media. The works screened in this category are eligible for both a jury award and an audience award for Best Documentary Feature.
Original Title	English Title	Director	Country	Runtime
Frágil equilibrio	Delicate Balance	Guillermo García López	Spain/ Uruguay/ USA/ Morocco/ Mexico/ Jordan/ Japan/ Hong Kong/ Chile	81 min
Jonas e o Circo sem Lona	Jonas and the Backyard Circus	Paula Gomes	Brazil	83 min
La ciudad perdida	The Lost City	Francisco Hervé	Chile/ France	78 min
Mi sangre enarbolada	Mi Sangre Enarbolada (A Family Love Story)	Luis Palomino	Mexico	61 min
Rodar contra todo	Rolling strong	Marianela Vega Oroza	Peru/ Colombia	74 min
Hecho en Tejas Cine Las Americas presents “Hecho en Tejas,” a series of films shot and/or produced in Texas, to showcase the wide variety of work being produced in the state by filmmakers with varied backgrounds. One feature, eight short film, and two music videos are scheduled during this year’s festival. For an eighth consecutive year, Cine Las Americas is pleased to count on a partnership with the Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) to present a jury award to the best “Hecho en Tejas” film.
Original Title	English Title	Director	Country	Runtime
After Fire	After Fire	Brittany Huckabee	USA	90 min
After the Crossfire: Memories of Violence and Displacement	After the Crossfire: Memories of Violence and Displacement	Ricardo Velasco	USA/ Colombia	21 min
Contigo	Contigo	Dan Boord, Luis Valdovino	USA	7 min
Drift	Drift	Beca Rodriguez	USA	4 min
El tucán	El tucán	Cameron G. Quevedo	USA/ Mexico	18 min
Huerta de San Vicente	Huerta de San Vicente	Patricia Vonne	USA	4 min
La sobreviviente	Salvation	Jason Outenreath	USA	10 min
Mosca	Fly	Lizette Barrera	USA	10 min
Pen	Pen	Carlos Corral	USA	7 min
The History of Magic: Ensueño	The History of Magic: Ensueño	Jose Luis Gonzalez	USA	6 min
This Is What We Do	This Is What We Do	Juan A. Izaguirre	USA	9 min
Narrative Shorts Competition Cine Las Americas presents the narrative short film competition, which represents some of the most powerful and compelling work programmed at the festival, from the abstract to the realistic, the tragic to the romantic, and everything in between. These films will open for features during the festival, and are eligible for a jury award for Best Narrative Short.
Original Title	English Title	Director	Country	Runtime
El jardín de las delicias	The Garden of Delights	Alejandro Male García Caballero	Mexico	8 min
Hijo por hijo	Child for Child	Juan Avella	Venezuela	11 min
Piscina	Pool	Leandro Goddinho	Brazil	29 min
Shinaab	Shinaab	Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.	USA	8 min
Windows	Windows	Maru Buendia-Senties	USA	13 min
Documentary Shorts Competition Cine Las Americas presents the documentary short film competition, which includes some of the most powerful and compelling work programmed at the festival, representing individual and community topics and concerns in their contemporary contexts. These films will open for features during the festival, and are eligible for a jury award for Best Documentary Short.
Original Title	English Title	Director	Country	Runtime
Das Águas que Passam	Running Waters	Diego Zon	Brazil	23 min
El buzo	The Diver	Esteban Arrangoiz	Mexico	16 min
Even with Their Nails: Women Filmmakers in Nicaragua	Even with Their Nails: Women Filmmakers in Nicaragua	Tania Romero	Nicaragua/ USA	30 min
Frontera invisible	Invisible Frontier	Nicolás Richat, Nico Muzi	Colombia/ Argentina/ Belgium	28 min
Para Sonia	To Sonia	Sergio Milán	Spain	8 min
Ambulante Showcase Cine Las Americas presents a special showcase in partnership with Ambulante, a non-profit organization that focuses on promoting documentary film as a tool for social and cultural transformation. Each of the documentary films in this series tackles issues that resonate not only in Mexico, but also internationally. The films selected reflect both organizations’ missions, in particular, support of documentary filmmaking as a means to promote discourse around important contemporary issues. This year’s selections also feature films from Ambulante Más Allá, one of Ambulante’s outreach programs.
Original Title	English Title	Director	Country	Runtime
El valor de la tierra	The Value of the Land	Adriana Otero Puerto	Mexico	22 min
Gente de mar y viento	People of the Sea and the Wind	Ingrid Eunice Fabián González	Mexico	25 min
Kutääy	Ingenious	Isis Violeta Contreras Pastrana	Mexico	20 min
Ligeramente tóxico	Slightly Toxic	Sara Oliveros López	Mexico	21 min
Somos Lengua	Speaking Tongues	Kyzza Terrazas	Mexico	84 min
Tempestad	Tempestad	Tatiana Huezo	Mexico	105 min
Contemporary Cuban Video Showcase Cine Las Americas presents a selection of Cuban Video Art, in partnership with Austin-based Experimental Response Cinema (ERC). The video programs follow the theme “Move Things: Videocreation in Cuba,” and are all curated and presented by respected Cuban artists, historians, and critics.
Original Title	English Title	Director	Country	Runtime
Mover las cosas: la videocreación en Cuba	Move Things: Videocreation in Cuba	Various	Cuba
Official Selection Panorama, Features Cine Las Americas presents a diverse array of important films, which we consider essential to share with Central Texas audiences. This year’s Panorama feature film selection includes three narrative and seven documentary titles. Collectively, the films represent innovative and independent filmmakers in compliment to the rest of the festival’s programs; they showcase a variety of traditionally underrepresented cultures and issues, personal experiences, new perspectives and aesthetic innovation.
Original Title	English Title	Director	Country	Runtime
3 Magalys	3 Magalys	Frédéric Julien	Bolivia/ Canada	54 min
A Princesa do Beco e o Lampião Cromado	The Princess in the Alleyway	Kurt Shaw, Rita de Cácia Oenning da Silva	Brazil	88 min
Be Relentless	Be Relentless	Brad Riley	Mexico/ USA	88 min
El canto del colibrí	El canto del colibrí	Marco Castro-Bojorquez	USA	53 min
El príncipe inca	The Inca Prince	Ana Maria Hurtado	Chile/ Bolivia	82 min
The Long Ride	The Long Ride	Valerie Lapin Ganley	USA	77 min
The Resurrection of Victor Jara	The Resurrection of Victor Jara	John Travers	Chile/ France/ USA	89 min
TRANS	TRANS	Fernanda Dedavid	Brazil	53 min
Un secreto en la caja	A Secret in the Box	Javier Izquierdo	Ecuador	72 min
Vengo volviendo	Here and There	Gabriel Paez, Isabel Rodas	Ecuador	103 min
Official Selection Panorama, Shorts Cine Las Americas presents a diverse array of important films, which we consider essential to share with Central Texas audiences. This year’s Panorama short film selection includes eleven narrative and five documentary titles. Collectively, the films represent innovative and independent filmmakers in compliment to the rest of the festival’s programs; they showcase a variety of traditionally underrepresented cultures and issues, personal experiences, new perspectives and aesthetic innovation.
Original Title	English Title	Director	Country	Runtime
¿Señor o Señorito?	Wedded or Bachelor?	Cristina Pierna, Victoria Ruiz	Spain	9 min
Aava	Aava	Andrea Zapata-Girau	Spain/ Finland	5 min
El hombrecito que baila en la retina	The Little Man Dancing in the Eye	José Vásquez Green	Dominican Republic	36 min
El tigre y la flor	The Tiger’s Fight	Denisse Quintero	Mexico	17 min
Elena y las sombras	Elena and the Shadows	César Cepeda	Mexico	8 min
Encuentro	Encuentro	Florencia Manóvil	USA	17 min
Fenómenos naturales	Natural Phenomena	Marcos Díaz Sosa	Cuba	15 min
Hostal Eden	Eden Hostel	Gonzaga Manso	Spain	14 min
María Bonita	Maria Bonita	Amanda de la Rosa	Mexico	18 min
Nous nous soulèverons	We Will Rise up	Natasha Kanapé Fontaine	Canada	4 min
Para Não Esquecer	So As Not to Forget	Rafael de Almeida	Brazil	9 min
Rien sur les mocassins	Nothing About Moccasins	Eden Mallina Awashish	Canada	4 min
Semillas de guamúchil	Guamuchil Seeds	Carolina Corral Paredes	Mexico	17 min
Shash Jaa’: Bears Ears	Shash Jaa’: Bears Ears	Angelo Baca	USA	26 min
Three Young Ladies	Three Young Ladies	Sally Kewayosh	Canada/ USA	31 min
Undesirables	Undesirables	Angela Rosales Challis	USA	6 min
Music Videos Cine Las Americas presents a selection of sixteen music videos, representing diverse genres of music and filmmaking styles. The selection includes a set of five music videos in competition; six co-curated with the Austin Music Video Festival (AMVF), and five co-curated with Brazil-based production company Nimboo’s. The competition selections are eligible for an audience award for Best Music Video.
Original Title	English Title	Director	Country	Runtime
Cross Paths	Cross Paths	Syd Goin	USA	5 min
En route to Rio	En Route to Rio (For You, The Moon)	Daniel Barosa, José Menezes	Brazil	4 min
Feed the Vultures	Feed the Vultures	Teresa Jolie	USA	4 min
Folk Zero	Folk Zero	Zachary T. Scott	USA	4 min
Fresco	Fresco	Priscilla Villegas	USA	4 min
Heavy Balloon	Heavy Balloon	Vanessa Pla	USA	4 min
Kawanga	Kawanga	Peter Monahan	USA	3 min
La China	La China	Jorge Gonzalez Camarena	Mexico	5 min
Orlando	Orlando	Daniel Barosa, José Menezes	Brazil	3 min
Quemayama	Quemayama	Javier Garcia	Mexico	9 min
Rio do Tempo	River of Time	Daniel Barosa, José Menezes	Brazil	3 min
Sombras	Sombras	Alliah Fafin	Canada	5 min
Sozinho contra Todos	Alone Against the World	José Menezes, Daniel Barosa. Andre Dip	Brazil	7 min
Vou Me Mudar pro Uruguai	I’m Moving to Uruguay	José Menezes, Daniel Barosa	Brazil/ Uruguay	5 min
Wait	Wait	Diego Lozano	USA
Zuka Vlast	Zuka Vlast	Sergio Candanedo, Carlos Guijarro	Spain	4 min
Emergencia Youth Film Festival Cine Las Americas presents the 2017 Emergencia Youth Film Festival. As a celebration of filmmakers on the rise, the Emergencia Youth Film Competition represents a special section of the festival showcasing works by filmmakers 19 years or younger. This year’s program will open with a special presentation by members of this year’s Youth Jury Members: youth from Latinitas and PHS Productions. Following their presentation, the Emergencia Youth Jury will share the competition lineup with those in attendance. The films in competition are eligible for an audience award for Best Emergencia Youth Film.
Original Title	English Title	Director	Country	Runtime
20th Century Fight	20th Century Fight	Chris, Gisell	USA	2 min
A Teenage Girl Survival Guide	A Teenage Girl Survival Guide	Adrianna Marquez	USA	4 min
A Very Mousy Adventure: The Awakening	A Very Mousy Adventure: The Awakening	Victor Silva	USA	3 min
Concrete Canvas	Concrete Canvas	Gema Ceron, Nicole Rivera	USA	6 min
Crack’d	Crack’d	Willy Rivera	USA	3 min
EPTÁ	EPTA	Nicole Verissimo	Brazil	18 min
Goldenbloom ‘Searching for Sunlight’	Goldenbloom ‘Searching for Sunlight’	Rebecca Kirby, Marylys Merida, Alyssa Peguero	USA	4 min
Hinowu	Hand Games	Danny DeLeon	USA	5 min
Home Is Never Where I Sleep	Home Is Never Where I Sleep	Armani Avalo, Linh Chit, Jasmin De La Cruz, Kevin Gutierrez, Kaleb Habtegebriel, Kaylyn Sverker, Jenavier Tesada, Andry Vasquez, Hunter Wanger	USA	1 min
Jouska	Jouska	Wynter Rhys	USA	6 min
Misunderstanding	Misunderstanding	Lorianny Guzman, Louise Silva, Julianna Gallant, Destiny Fernandez, James Sowinski	USA	4 min
Mujeres Fuertes	Strong Women	Angela Benavides	USA	3 min
OBEDJIWAN 5-0	OBEDJIWAN 5-0	Fyanna Boivin	Canada	2 min
Our Jewels	Our Jewels	Nicole Rivera	USA	5 min
Palehound ‘Cushioned Caging’	Palehound ‘Cushioned Caging’	Badger Antoniou	USA	4 min
Processing	Processing	Felipe Vargas	USA	7 min
Sovereign’s Water	Sovereign’s Water	Verel Moon	USA	17 min
The Fruit Leather Gang & The Case of the Haunted Doughnut	The Fruit Leather Gang & The Case of the Haunted Doughnut	Zinnia, Ramon, Alina, Javier	USA	3 min
The Seated Siren	The Seated Siren	Sylvia Colt-Lacayo	USA	6 min
The Zone	The Zone	Emily Silva	USA	5 min